Ryan Reynolds is the Green Lantern

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By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (53)

In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!

From now on, whenever our benevolent leader hears those words, he’ll get a little shiver. Because it’s been confirmed that Warner Brothers has found their Green Lantern, and the man who’ll don the ring and the tights is none other than the ab-tastic Ryan Reynolds.

It’s not a bad choice — in fact, it might be a great choice. Reynolds is a solid actor, he certainly looks the part, and if he tones down the fast-talking wiseguy shtick, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work. And since Fox Studios has already proved that they don’t give a weeping monkeyfuck about their comic book catalogue, it’s really no big deal that Reynolds has already been (pretty perfectly) cast as Deadpool. Being the star of two franchises, one from each of the major comic book companies, isn’t going to matter because Fox will fuck up Deadpool so badly, we’ll collectively acid-bath it from our memories. Accept it folks, Deadpool is dead to us on the big screen.

But Reynolds may well continue the trend of respectable DC comics movies, started with the Nolan Batman franchise. With Casino Royale’s Martin Campbell on board as the director, we may have a viable flick on our hands. As long as they find a good workaround for the “my weakness is the color yellow” thing, because seriously, that shit is just dumb.

So there you have it. RyRey is the Green Lantern. Oh, and Dustin? That look is creeping me out. Stop it.

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Let the overdosing begin!

Posted by: Jim Doggie at July 13, 2009 10:36 AM

nope, shoulda been the flash.

Posted by: gp at July 13, 2009 10:40 AM

None of the screenwriters has written a movie before?

Posted by: twig at July 13, 2009 10:41 AM

Who cares about the Green Lantern? When are they going to turn Diaperman into a movie?

Posted by: ed newman at July 13, 2009 10:41 AM

Does this mean there is not going to be a Deadpool movie? I hope not. Anyway...Green Lantern isn't one of my favorite characters, but I'm willing to give this movie a chance based solely on Ryan Reynolds starring it

Posted by: Radlum at July 13, 2009 10:44 AM

Could they pick a less interesting 'Hero' to make a movie about? Aquaman is a good choice for lame, uninteresting dulldrums. How about, um, shit, I can't even think of any other DC heroes... Wait! Stop the presses! They could make Robin2035 and turn him into some kind of super cyborg bad ass who fucks people up while being gloomy and broody and fuck it, who am I kidding here? This will suck and we all know it. Just might suck a little less than Deadpool.

Posted by: Xtreme at July 13, 2009 10:45 AM

I'd rather watch my turds slowly disintegrate in my American Standard than watch a movie about this weak-ass "superhero." If your major flaw is a fucking color, you may get away with it for a few weeks. Then the bad guys will wear that color all the time and it's curtains for your crime fighting career. Spongebob would own this jerk.

Just leave "Greatest American Hero" alone. I don't think William Katt could take his one shining moment being soul-raped by McG(enital Warts).

Posted by: Kballs at July 13, 2009 10:50 AM

Oh, goddammit. For the last fucking time, they did away with that weakness to the color yellow thing years ago.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at July 13, 2009 10:51 AM

Why would they make a movie about a 'superhero' who's weekness is a colour? That's just shitballs retarded. Who's the villan going to be? I.P. Freely?

Posted by: admin at July 13, 2009 10:58 AM

Oh, I don't know. The whole "weakness to the color yellow" thing could really work from a comedy standpoint. He goes to the scene of a crime, but he can't get in because he can't cross the yellow crime scene tape.

Posted by: BWeaves at July 13, 2009 11:00 AM

Could they pick a less interesting 'Hero' to make a movie about?

Yes.

Posted by: Jay at July 13, 2009 11:01 AM

I wish this somehow negated his involvement in the Deadpoop movie, because this might actually be good and no that wasn't a typo.

Posted by: annoyingmouse at July 13, 2009 11:05 AM

I love the turds who pass judgement on a movie before it's even in production. It's got a good lead and a good director. Maybe, just maybe, you should wait until it's released (or, god forbid, until you actually see it) before you decide it sucks.

Posted by: sosumi at July 13, 2009 11:10 AM

Tracer,
Yeah, but it's funnier (and more beautifully depressing) to think that they'd still include that glaring weakness in the script.

Posted by: Kballs at July 13, 2009 11:12 AM

He'd make a great Flash if you didn't imagine how much better Neil Patrick Harris would be.
And seriously, if someone was wearing yellow, that doesn't mean he couldn't pick up a fucking gray rock with his ring and smash them with it. They'd just be immune to direct blasts. (But I could be wrong)

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at July 13, 2009 11:14 AM

He'd make a great Flash if you didn't imagine how much better Neil Patrick Harris would be.

He has played Barry Allen.

Posted by: Jay at July 13, 2009 11:16 AM

sosumi,
I am never wrong about these things. My opinion is unassailable and treated as fact in the highest levels of society and government. Even the French look up to me.
Seriously, I hope RR can spew his magic all over this, but I'll point my hopes in a more optimistic direction. Like the Cubs winning it all this year. Or my daughter not accidentally kicking me in the nuts when I lift her into my arms today. Or not getting thunderous gas from eating Utz Cheese Balls.

Posted by: Kballs at July 13, 2009 11:17 AM

It's got a good lead and a good director.

I'm in complete agreement on the waiting and seeing but "good director"? Besides music videos, he's directed Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and We Are Marshall.

Pay attention, branded! Martin Campbell, not McG. Sheesh. -TK

Posted by: branded at July 13, 2009 11:21 AM

No, that's McG.

Posted by: Jay at July 13, 2009 11:22 AM

Kballs - Well shit, I didn't know the French look up to you. In that case, I retract my comment (and I can't even spell "judgment," so what do I know).

Posted by: sosumi at July 13, 2009 11:27 AM

Dustin! steal TK's identity is just plain rude! didn't you watch "The net" enough times? if you get tempted again just think of Sandra Bullock's mopie face.

Posted by: rio at July 13, 2009 11:29 AM

Only in voice, right? He was never actually suited up and running.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at July 13, 2009 11:58 AM

Dammit it all! Sorry, sosumi. That's what I get for confusing this with the 20,000 Leagues news. Campbell gets a lifetime pass for directing No Escape. Come on, it had Ernie Hudson.

Posted by: branded at July 13, 2009 12:00 PM

So I could beat this guy with a pack of Post-It notes?

Posted by: jM at July 13, 2009 12:02 PM

What happens when he pees?

Posted by: Skewicide Blonde at July 13, 2009 12:05 PM

Yes. He'd be a crappy Barry Allen in the flesh.

Posted by: Jay at July 13, 2009 12:06 PM

So Tracer, if they retconned yellow away, what is GL's new weakness?

*praying it's not chiffon*

Posted by: ed newman at July 13, 2009 12:07 PM

Well branded, Casino Royale wasn't too shabby either. So maybe Campbell's earned a little bit of slack.

Posted by: sosumi at July 13, 2009 12:10 PM

So maybe it's just a false rumor that the other two "actors" who were in serious contention for the role were Bradley Cooper (OK, fine) and . . . Justin Timberlake? Really? Because this, more than anything, makes me question what the producers have in mind for this flick.

Posted by: jimbob at July 13, 2009 12:42 PM

Maybe, just maybe, you should wait until it's released (or, god forbid, until you actually see it) before you decide it sucks.

You, sir/madam are 100% wrong. I do not have to see Twilight to know it sucks sparkly sack. I did not have to see the Superman reboot to know it sucked kryptonic ass-crack. I did not have to see Wolverine to know it gargled a mutton-chopped scrote. I did not have to see that Michael Bay movie to know that it deserves a bukkake of battery acid. And I do not have to see this to know that, due to the removal of a certain weakness, this movie enjoys watersports.

Posted by: admin at July 13, 2009 12:52 PM

Some of you Green Lantern haters or forgetting that Iron Man was about the same level of popular until Marvel gave him a chance and a big budget, good director, and great star.

I'm holding out hope that R-Squared can pull this off and DC gives us another hit movie.

Plus, I think he'd look adorable in a little domino mask.

Posted by: Snath at July 13, 2009 12:52 PM

are*

Posted by: Snath at July 13, 2009 12:53 PM

What happens when he pees?

Posted by: Skewicide Blonde at July 13, 2009 12:05 PM

If he's not properly hydrated enough to keep it clear, and accidentally pees on his hand, then he's mercilessly crippled, and sentenced to slowly drown as he does a Cherub Fountain type waz down his own trachea.

Posted by: PissBoy at July 13, 2009 1:32 PM

sorry if my nerd is showing, guys, but the green lantern is not a boring hero. this is the first time he's appearing on film since the character's inception. as opposed to all the other heroes in DC, the green lantern corps' homebase is on a planet called Oa, at the CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. his ring is powered by his own will, and limited only by his imagination.

i saw a panel from a relatively recent comic about a green lantern (admittedly not Hal, but this is just a good example of their powers, so bear with me) using his ring not to shoot beams or bubbles or whatever boring thing. he used it to form detailed (albeit green) constructs that looked like Wonder Woman, the Flash, Superman, Captain Marvel, Batman and Robin, Martian Manhunter, and i think a few others. he created them as one big force made of his ring's energy, and then sent them all to kick the ass of the bad guy trying to do... whatever.

it was actually one of the most badass things i've ever seen. if any of you are interested, i can email you or link to some especially cool demonstrations of the green lanterns' power.

my point is that if you think the character is stupid, that's fine. but the writers don't, and neither will the movie.

Posted by: ken at July 13, 2009 1:50 PM

Chiffon? No. Damask, though? Whoo boy. That's gonna be a mess.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at July 13, 2009 1:54 PM

oh! and if anyone's interested, the script has been available here on the internet for a while now, so poke around and you might find it. could be worth reading if you're at all interested in how they're handling the story.

Posted by: ken at July 13, 2009 1:55 PM

As long as he takes his shirt off a lot, I'll be happy.

Posted by: figgy at July 13, 2009 2:03 PM

You're so easy, figgy.

Posted by: Snath at July 13, 2009 2:09 PM

I am. Give me superheroes and shirtlessness and I'm a happy camper.

Posted by: figgy at July 13, 2009 2:16 PM

*whips off shirt*

Wanna hear about my superpower, figs? I can lift a 130-pound woman off a mattress using only my tongue. They ALL say I'm a hero.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

--Captain Cunnilingus

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 13, 2009 2:25 PM

Here's hoping it doesn't suck. I kinda liked Green Lantern being an obscure character to folks who don't read comics, but whatever.

Posted by: Lucas at July 13, 2009 2:30 PM

>ahem

To those of you complaining about having the focus of another Hollywood superhero flick being a "lame" character with a "stupid" weakness, I say the following...

Fuck. You.

And yes I'm saying it with a smile.

When you think of Hal Jordan as jet jockey/astronaut wannabe as the one person on Earth chosen to be space cop for his home planet's space sector...and that he's only one of 3600 (or 7200) sentient beings in the entire galaxy entrusted with a device that can literally make wishes come true...there's a lot of mileage you can get from that. In fact the smart thing to do IMHO is to start the movie out out as police procedural, move to superhero origin, conclude with action movie.

Ryan Renyolds? Yeah, they could've done worse. Hell when I read about Timberlake doing a screen test I got nervous I'd have to hang up my OWN power ring.

Yes. I wear a power ring. Yes, I'm okay with that.

Posted by: Green Lantern at July 13, 2009 3:07 PM

Captain Cunnilingus

Congrats on the promotion. I remember when you were Private.
Also, talk about a superhero with a color weakness!

Posted by: branded at July 13, 2009 3:13 PM

"Our leader" eh?

Because hierarchies are so relevant on the Intarwebs...

Posted by: Recondite at July 13, 2009 4:11 PM

branded,

Yep, it's all about pink.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 13, 2009 4:38 PM

Well I was really hoping Nathan Fillion would've gotten this, I'm alright with Reynolds. Although he seems more like a Kyle Rayner to me...

Posted by: Alex at July 13, 2009 6:01 PM

Bucdaddy, I thought you were the Rear General?

Posted by: bignick at July 13, 2009 7:59 PM

I've read a couple Green Lanterns, but I guess they're more recent, because a) he's a comic book writer called Kyle and b) the yellow thing was not a problem. His main enemy seemed to be a warrior woman with a big-arse sword and an equally big-arse thing for killing Green Laterns.
Then there was a weird bit when he went all supernova or something and didn't need the ring. And rearranged the world. At that point, I decided he was history's most epic Mary Sue, and gave up on the series (of course, he was later outsted from that position by Bella Swan, but still: epic Mary Sue).

I could see RR playing that guy, he's a bit of a smart arse and a lot of a geek, and 'hot chicks in leather' is a favourite in movies. Hopefully they keep out the glowing demi-god thing, because that was all kinds of stupid.

Just for future reference, is the comic book writing, universe-rearranging Green Lantern the 'real' GL or some kind of wacky alternate universe one and Must Not Be Named on account of angering the hardcore fans?

Posted by: ScienceGeek at July 14, 2009 1:15 AM

Kyle Rayner became Ion for a short time, and yeah he was easily more powerful in that form than anyone else... ever. This movie, however, is about Earth's second Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, a man without fear, chosen by a visiting and dying Green Lantern to be his successor, and how he deals with accepting his new role. He was the second (after Alan Scott) and is now the current protagonist of the Green Lantern series.

Posted by: ken at July 14, 2009 3:13 AM

I still think they should have gone with the John Stewart Green Lantern. I suppose that wouldn't have really worked, because John came after Hal, but I wish it anyway.

Posted by: Snath at July 14, 2009 10:27 AM

godDAMMIT shut up about "uhhuh-huh... yellow weakness... pee... lame," you FUCKing pedants. It's not like kryptonite - it's simply that the energy the ring emits is cancelled out by the particular frequency of electromagnetic energy that happens to be what we see as visible yellow light.

If it was similarly affected by gamma radiation or some shit, you wouldn't give a fuck. SAME CONCEPT. Move on, foos.

Posted by: firedmyass at July 14, 2009 11:34 AM

Shocking announcement: I am in a bad mood today. Sorry.

Posted by: firedmyass at July 14, 2009 12:03 PM

Just to add something about one century late on the conversation:

GL has always been a fan-favorite, and its "universe" is pretty rich in comics. Lots of characters, personality traits, great stories and all. Sure he's not a very known character, but the appeal is undeniable.

I just hope they don't aim at kids (they'll sure aim at teenagers, what can we do about that?...) and that TK is right on his demands.

A less interesting hero, top-rank-wise? Yes, Aquaman, Robin, Martian Manhunter and a few others, even Wonder Woman, whose "mythology" sucks. But they are planning an incomprehensible prison movie starring Green Arrow; the Wachowskis were planning a movie about that red rubber dude with glasses; and no less than two series were dropped not long ago, respectively starring Aquaman and Robin. THOSE will/would suck.

Oh, and the yellow weakness thing not only wasn't forgotten, but a recent GL saga was all based on colors -- which was a pretty ridiculous concept with a pretty ridiculous ending.

And RyRey is sort of a safe choice. Just make him way more serious and the movie might work fine.

So there.

Posted by: godzilla_foil at July 22, 2009 3:39 PM

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